Numbers 3:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֛לֶּה שְׁמ֥וֹת בְּֽנֵי־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַבְּכ֣וֹר ׀ נָדָ֑ב וַאֲבִיה֕וּא אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וְאִיתָמָֽר׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾēlleh šəmôt bənê-ʾAhărōn ha-bəkôr Nādāb wa-ʾĂbîhûʾ ʾElʿāzār wə-ʾÎtāmār

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾēlleh*: conjunction + demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - and these
*šəmôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - names of
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*ʾAhărōn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron
*ha-bəkôr*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the firstborn
*Nādāb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Nadab
*wa-ʾĂbîhûʾ*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Abihu
*ʾElʿāzār*: proper noun, masculine singular - Eleazar
*wə-ʾÎtāmār*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Ithamar

Word Meanings

*bəkôr*: firstborn/oldest/first in rank

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Referenced Verses

Exod 6:23 : 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Num 26:60 : 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chr 6:3 : 3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chr 24:1 : 1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Exod 28:1 : 1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 26:60-61
2 verses
88%
60And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
1 Chr 24:1-2
2 verses
88%
1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
Num 3:3-6
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87%
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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1 Chr 6:1-4
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2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Exod 28:1
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1And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
1 Chr 6:50
79%
50And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
Num 3:1
78%
1These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Exod 6:21-24
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78%
21And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
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24And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
Num 3:17
75%
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 23:12-13
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12The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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Num 3:19
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19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Lev 10:1
74%
1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
1 Chr 6:18
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18And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
Num 3:27
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Num 1:17
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17And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
Ezra 7:5
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1 Chr 8:4
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4And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
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Num 18:1-2
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1And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
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Lev 9:1
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1And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
Gen 46:11
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11And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Num 3:11
71%
11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 26:9
71%
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Num 4:33-34
2 verses
70%
33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
1 Chr 27:17
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17Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
1 Chr 3:23
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23And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
1 Chr 15:10-11
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10Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
1 Chr 6:16
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16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Num 4:46
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46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Num 4:37
70%
37These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Num 4:19
70%
19But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
1 Chr 8:30
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30And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
Num 3:32
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32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
1 Chr 23:19
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